Overalls



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B; T. MoDONALD.

OVERALLS.

Patented June 26, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'OF ICE. f

RANALD T. MCDONALD, or FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

OVERALLS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 280,056, dated June 26,1883.

Application filed June 20, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RANALD T. MoDoNALD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overalls and Pants;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in pantaloons, overalls, andsimilar garments; and it consists in providing the top of the backseaInwith a stay, by which said seam is prevented from ripping when any extrastrain is brought to bear upon it.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 represents the back of a pair of pants oroveralls; Fig. 2, the same under great strain; Fig. 3, a section throughthe dotted lines a: w, and Fig. 4 a plan of the stay before application.

In carrying out my invention I cut the garment in the usual style; but Ifinish the top of the back-seam by taking a piece of the same or othermaterial of the shape shown in Fig. 4:, and, folding it as shown in Fig.3, securely sew it along or near the edge of the opening usually left atthe top of the back-seams, so that when the garment is in its normalposition the stay will appear as at a in Fig. 1; but under any unusualstrain it will assume the position shown in Fig. 2, and thus take allthe strain from the back-seam, which, when subjected to the many strainsto which the pants and overalls of laboring men are subject, is very aptto burst open; whereas with my peculiar stay the seam is fullyprotected, and will not (No model.)

rip with any amount of ordinary use, as the stay must be torn in twobefore the seam will rip. in a cord, as shown at b in Fig. 3, which cordI securely fasten by stitching both to the stay and the waistband c. Isometimes sew the stay over the waistband, but prefer the form shown.

I am aware that it is not new to provide overalls with a re-enforcingstrip extending down one side of the back-opening and up the oppositeside of the same on one side of the garment, said stay. being cut toconform to the shape of said opening; and I am also aware that foldedstrips have been sewed in the openings of shirts; but in neither ofthese cases is a single straight piece sewed across the backseam atright angles thereto, or a straight piece folded double and sewed to thegarment 011 both sides thereof in such a manner that both the folds ofthe stay will receive the same amount of strain.

What I claim is- 1. In an overall having an opening ending in thebackseam, the stay a, formed of a single straight piece of fabricdoubled to embrace the edge of the material and face the same upon bothsides, the edges doubledin to form a double hem, or a hem upon eachside, with a single row of stitching, as specified.

2. In combination witha pair of overalls or a similar garment, a stay,a, sewed across the back-seam and the sides of the opening above it, andthe cord 1), substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.Y

RANALD T. MCDONALD. \Vitnesses:

L. O. YOUNG, T..J. WV. ROBERTSON.

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